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The past is the past, you can't do anything to change it. In the grand scheme of things, the whole LeBron James issue doesn't mean that much to people who don't follow basketball in Cleveland other than in the sense "The Decision" gets put up on the same shelf as "The Drive," "The Fumble," and "The Shot," among others. Cleveland Browns fans are lucky in the sense their teams have been blessed ...

As the summer moves forward, the gulf between the owners and the players doesn't seem to be getting any narrower in the NFL. The owners opted out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, and now the two sides have to sit down and hash out a new one. The problem is, this time it's the owners who are on the hot seat. The usual way owner/employee spats play out, the owner is ...

As the summer vacation season begins, it's worth looking at the Cleveland Browns from a divisional standpoint. Where do the Browns stand in the AFC North? Obviously, they currently sit at the bottom of the division just going by their 2009 record. But 2009 is in the history books and, my how things have changed. Since this time last year, the Browns have gained a new team president, hired a real general manager ...

As part of the new NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, the league may add two more regular season games, increasing the season to 18 games. To keep from extending the season any further into February, the league would cut the preseason in half, from four games to two. Overall, the players still would have to play 20 games before the postseason. There are pros and cons to this plan, but overall, it's not necessarily ...

The Browns offseason program has come to a conclusion, so it's time to review what we've learned. Despite not being in pads, the team looked a lot better through the various OTAs and minicamps this year than they did last year, according to just about every media outlet who covers the team. Looking good in practice is supposed to translate to on-the-field success, but that isn't always true. However, looking bad in ...

With Montario Hardesty in camp and competing for a job, Team President Mike Holmgren's "pile" of running backs now is overflowing. Along with Hardesty, the Browns also have Jerome Harrison, Lawrence Vickers, Peyton Hillis, Chris Jennings, James Davis, and Thomas Brown. Obviously feeling the pressure, Harrison and Vickers have returned to camp despite not having signed contracts. The fact is, there only are so many roster spots, and the Browns currently have more running backs ...

The Cleveland Browns mandatory mini-camp opens this weekend, and the only signed player to boycott the practices was kicker Phil Dawson. Dawson has told the front office he wants to renew his contract, and to his credit, he's been one of the best cold-weather kickers in the league. However, management seems to have taken the position that kickers easily are replaceable and signed Shaun Swisham to kick during OTAs. Swisham missed four ...

Injuries are a part of life in the NFL. Teams and players do everything they can to plan and prevent them, but you never know when, or where, that career-ending hit is going to come from. Some players had great careers cut short by a string of injuries, while others had just begun to show their potential when the wrong hit ended everything prematurely. Here are 10 players whose careers ended too ...

Super agent Drew Rosenhaus is known for driving hard bargains and being a royal pain in the neck to general managers and front offices everywhere. So it should come as no surprise that Rosenhaus-represented clients like Cleveland Browns safety Abram Elam and others are holding out of offseason activities and refusing to sign their tenders. Elam demanded a trade on Monday, to which Browns general manager Tom Heckert flatly shot down. "That's not ...